A Home of Our Own

If you grew up in a situation where you've had to go without you will appreciate what you have by the end of the movie. Its a story of facing adversity, accountability, and hard work, values that are long dead in... Full review

for my piece, my father and i cried in this movie. imagine two guys teary-eyed while kathy bates draws us. watch it... Full review

This film is defintly for the family. it is funni in some ways and sad in anotha. it makes u think a bout what u have rather what you dnt have. i actually cried during this film it is so sad.... Full review

don't know who thought it was a family movie. Mom has a filthy potty mouth and the "drama" consists of arguing, yelling and hitting her oldest son. Sure they have a tough life but don't expect any shining nobility. The whole... Full review

I have watched this movie over and over. Everyone needs to see it to appreciate what they have. I would love to meet the real Shane.... Full review

I loved this movie! A wonderful family movie. Very moving. It can be a tear-jerker at times as well Great job!... Full review

Kathy Bates with all due respect is not the most gorgeous actress in hollywood, that is why you can tell she's a great actress because she doesn't use looks to pull you in. Any and all women and mothers can relate... Full review

This movie was as close to home as it gets. We were not as poor as the Lacey's, but some of our Christmas's were skimpy. I particularly thought the casting was good and the plot line was very believable. When... Full review

As usual, Kathy Bates is outstanding in her performance.There aren't many movies that get to me emotionally, but this one sure did. I found myself identifying with more than one character: As a single mother, it wasn't hard at all... Full review

I know a lot of folks talked about this movie being so heartwrenching, and at time a tear jerker, but this movie is as close to my childhood as I can imagine. We weren't quite as poor, but I really... Full review

Perhaps the most obvious problem with A Home of Our Own is the complete lack of originality --....viewed individually, many of the scenes are effective.....Supposedly based on a true story, it contains all the elements of bad melodrama.....Clarissa Lassig is adorable as Lynn, managing a quality of fresh innocence.....a depressingly overused tool in these sorts of retrospective films..... ... Full Review

Beginning in Los Angeles in 1962, "A Home of Our Own" tells the sad saga of the Lacey family. The preposterously upbeat ending is a last-ditch effort to convince us that we live in a fairy tale. ... Full Review

Despite its sentimentality and made-for-TV look, "A Home Of Our Own" manages to rise above its run-of-the-mill roots. A sense of gritty reality permeates Kathy Bates' central performance as Frances Lacey, a strong-willed, poverty-stricken widow with six kids who vows to keep the family together while trying to forge a better life. ... Full Review

This is not a great movie, but it has a big heart. Recognizing that "A Home of Our Own" is manipulative, I must be honest enough to admit that it successfully manipulated me; that when the family is helped in its darkest hour by the goodness of neighbors, there is something enormously moving about it all. ... Full Review

Sometimes producer, sometimes actor and sometimes director Tony Bill (this time he directed) has terrific taste in material. Especially in the films he directsr, Bill's works are all loosely focused slice-of-life films that tell very human stories. ... Full Article